Stationery-vending machine



H, H. MORGAN. STATIONERY VENDING MACHINE.

Jan. 23, 1923.

4 SHEETS-SHEE1 l.

FILED JULY 2.1921.

AYTORN KEY Jan. 23, 1923.

R. H. MORGAN. STATIONERY VENDiNG MACHENE.

4 SHEE'IS-SHiEW .4.

FILED JULY 2, 1921.

an} v TOR J an. 23, 1923. I 1,443,236. R. H. MORGAN.

STATIONERY VENDING MACHINE.

FILED JULY 2,1921. 4 SHEETS--SHEEI 3.

Jan. 23, 1923. 1,443,236.

R. HLMORGAN.

STATIONERY VENDING MACHINE.

FILED JULY 2,1921. 4 SHEETS-SHED 4 fl m9. 1 6 B M Q5 9 m NM /08 /06 WA W ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 23, 1923.

ROBERT H. MORGAN, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

STATIONERY-VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed July 2,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1. ROBERT H. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stationery Vending Machines. of which the following is a specification, e i

This invention relates to vending machines. and more particularly to a machine specially adapted for vending stationery and similar materials.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a machine of the character stated of comparatively simple construction and operation by means of which paper and envelopes may be readily dispensed. A further object is to provide a machine which is automatic in its action and which ineludes coin receiving means adapted to permit a predetermined number of coins only to be discharged from the coin chute during each operation of the machine. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:--

Figure l is avertical sect onal view through the machine, the operating mechanism being shown in elevation:

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view through the machine taken fromthe opposite side to Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken above the table:

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken belowv the table,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail sectional view of the table and associaed parts:

Figure 6 is a detail ofthe releasing cam and associated parts:

-Figu1e T is a section through an envelope and a sheet of paper:

I Figure 8 is a sectional detail of the coin chute and associated parts;

Figure 9 is a diagram of the electrical circuits.

The machine includes a base 1 to which is secured a casing 2 of any suitable or preferred type. Uprights 3 are secured to the base adjacent to the ends thereof, and are connected by brace bars 4 and 5. An electric motor (5 is secured to the base and has its armature shaft 7 extended forwardly of the casing and rotatably mounted through a supporting frame 8 secured on base 1. A worm 9 is secured on shaft T and meshes 1921. Serial No. 482,128.

with a worm wheel 10 secured on one end of a shaft 11 rotatably mounted in frame 8 and a corresponding supporting frame 8 positioned at the other side of the base plate. A pinion .12 is secured on the other end of shaft 11 and meshes with a gear wheel 13 secured on a shaft 14 rotatablv supported in the upper ends of frames 8 andS. A link15 is eccentrically connected to gear 13 at 16, the rearward end of this link being pivotedat 17 to a lever 18 which is pivotally secured at its lower end to brace bar The'upper end of lever. 18 is connected by a link 19 'toa fork 20 in'which is rockably mounted a nut 21 threaded upon a screw '22 secured through a feed plate 23 slidable between guide strips 24 which are secured upon the upper face of atable 25 supported by the uprights 3. The table 25 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 26 to accommodate travel of screw 22 longitudinally of the table, and a retaining strip 27 is confined at its forward end be-' tween the head of screw 22 and a nut 28 threaded on the screw. The rearward end of strip 27 is secured by a second screw 29 which, as well as screw 22, passes through a strip 30 on the upper face of plate 23 and through strip 27-. a nut 81 being threaded onto screw 29 beneath strip 27, as will be understood. The plate 23 is provided adjacent to each side of its forward edge with a downwardly turned finger 32 which operates in a slot 33 extending longitudinally of the table, and with a central finger 32- which operates in slot 26, and the material at the'forward end of. the plate between and to each side of these fingers is turned upwardly to provide envelope engaging elements 34.

In practice the envelopes 35 are placed upon the table 25 in a stack in front of and in contact with two guide posts 36 secured to table 25 adjacent to each side thereof. A sheet of paper 37 is inserted in each envelope and turned over into the envelope, as illustrated in Figure 7 so thatwhen the envelope is discharged from the machine the paper will also be discharged. By rocking lever 18 about its pivotal axis the feed plate is reciprocated longitudinally of table 25 and, during forward movement of this plate, elements 34 contact with the inner edge of the lowermost envelope of the stack so as to force this envelope toward the front of the casing. T he envelope passes between arib 38 at the. lower which may be in the chute above member 67 from being discharged from the chute orv falling into the space between members 67 and 68. After the operation described has been completed, the motor circuit is broken between members 67 and 68 and is completed through members 100 and 103. WVhen the feed plate is returned to its rearmost or normal position, cam 85 moves out of contact with finger 86 thus releasing lever 89 which is returned to forward position by spring 92, this lever acting to return cam 94 to its normal position so as to permit lever 80 to drop into lowered or normal position, the bar 113 being also returned by gravity to'its lowered position. A will be understood, more than three pennies may be deposited into chute 66, if desired, and the lever 80 will serve to prevent more than three of the pennies at a time from being discharged from the chute, in the manner previously described. This renders it possible to deposit the coins within the chute during operation of the machine and avoids the necessity of waiting for the machine to complete one operation before inserting the coins for obtaining anotherenvelope and sheet of paper.

Preferably, though not necessarily, the material at each side of chute 66 should be cut away slightly at the upper corners of members 67 and 68 so as to eliminate possibility of igniting the chute due to sparking when the members 67 and 68v are electrically connected by the coin. As will be understood, changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the field and scope of the same, and I intend to include all such variations, as fall within the s ope of the appended claims, in this application in which a preferred form only of my invention is disclosed.

iVhat I claim is 1. In a machine of the character described. means for supporting materials to hevended, a feed plate for discharging the materials. an electric motor, operating connections between said motor and .the plate, an inclined coin receiving chute, spaced con tact members mounted in said chute and adapted to receive between them a coin for establishing electrical connection between said members, a coin retaining member acting to normally close the lower end of the chute, connections between the contact members and the motor for closing the circuit of the motor when said members are electrically connected, and means for moving I the retaining member into inoperative posi acting to close tion and discharging the coins from the chute when the feed plate is moved into operative position, the last mentioned means the motor circuit during movement of the feed plate into inoperative position and to break the motor circuit and permit return of the parts to their original positions when the feed plate reaches inoperative position.

2.111 a machine of the character described, an electric motor, means for supporting materials to be vended, a feed plate for discharging the materials from the machine, operating connections between said plate and the motor, an inclined coin chute, contact members, positioned in said chute and spaced apart to receive between them a coin for electrically connecting said members, a lever rockably mounted in the chute and provided with a coin retaining finger extending across the lower end of said chute when the lever is lowered, connections between said contact members and the motor for closing the motor circuit when the contact members are electrically connected, a rockably mounted cam provided with an arm disposed to contact with and raise the coin retaining lever when the cam is rocked in operative direction, a movable contact member pressing against the periphery of said cam, 21 fixed contact member positioned to contact with the movable member when the latter is moved into operative position, said movable contact member being connected to one pole of the motor and the fixed member being connected tothe other pole of the motor, and means operatively connected to the motor for rocking the cam in operative direction when the feed plate is moved into operative position, said means acting to return the cam to inoperative position when the feed plate is returned to inoperative position.

3. In amachine ofthe character described, means for supporting materials to be vended, means for discharging the materials from the machine, an electric motor, operating connections between the motor and said discharging means, an inclined chute, contact members mounted in spaced relation in said chute and adapted to receive between them a coin for electrically connecting said members, connections between the contact members and said motor for closing the circuit of the motor when the contact members are electrically connected, a lever rockably mounted in the chute and provided with a coin retaining finger extending across the lower end of the chute when the lever is lowered, a rockably mounted cam provided with an'arm disposed to contact with and raise said leverwhen the cam is moved into operative position, a fixed contact member connected to one side of the motor, a movable contact member connected to the other side of the'motor and held pressed against the periphery of said cam, said movable member being moved into c0I1- tact with the fixed member when the cam is moved into operative position, means 0perated by raising of said lever for, raising the coin from between the contact members of the chute so as to permit discharge thereof when the lever is raised. operating connections between the motor and the cam for moving the latter into operative position when the discharging means is moved into operative position, said connections permitting return of the cam to inoperative position when the discharging means is returned to its inoperative. position, and means for returning said cam to inoperative position.

4t. In a machine of the character described, means for supporting materials to be vended, means for discharging said materials from the machine, an electric motor, driving connections between said motor and the discharging means, an inclined coin chute, spaced contact members mounted in said chute and adapted to receive between them a coin, said members being connected to the opposite sides of the motor, means for retaining the coin in the chute, a rockably mounted cam provided with an element disposed to contact with the coin retaining means and move the same int-o inoperative position when the cam is moved into operative position, means actuated by movement of the coin retaining means into inoperative position for raising the coin from between the contact members, a fixed contact member connected to one side of the motor circuit, a

'movable contact member mounted to contact with said fixed member when in operative position and held pressed against the periphery of said cam, the movable member being connected to the other side of the motor circuit, a rotatable cam, driving connections between said cam and the motor, a pivoted arm provided with an element positioned to contact with said cam during rotation thereof, a lever rockably mounted at one end, a link connecting said lever and the arm, connections between the lever and the rockably mounted cam for moving the same into operative position upon rearward movement of the lever, and a spring positioned to be engaged by said lever and placed under compression thereby when the lever is moved rearwardly, said spring acting to return the lever and the rockably mounted cam to normal positions upon movement of the rotatable cam into inoperative position.

5. In a machine of the character described, means for supporting materials to be vend ed, a feed plate slidably mounted on the supporting means, an electric motor, operating connections between said motor and the plate for reciprocating the latter, an inclined coin receiving chute. contact members mounted in spaced relation in said chute and adapted to receive between them a coin for electrically connecting said members, connections between the contact members and the motor for closing the circuit of the latter when the contact members are electrically connected, a movable contact member, a fixed contact member positioned to be engaged by the movable member when the latter is in operative position, means for normally holding the movable contact member in operative position, the movable. contact member and the fixed contact member being connected to the motor circuit so as to close the same when said members are in contact, and means for moving the coin retaining means into inoperative position and discharging the coin from between the contact members of the chute upon movement of the feed plate into operative position, the last mentioned means acting to move the movable contact member into contact with the fixed contact member prior to discharge of the coin from the chute and to permit return of the coin retaining and discharging means and the movable contact member to their original positions upon return of the feed plate to its original position.

6. In a machine of the character described, means for supporting materials to be vended, a feed plate slidably mounted on the supporting means, an electric motor, driving connections between said motor and the plate for reciprocating the latter, an inclined coin receiving chute, means within said chute and connected to the motor for closing the motor circuit upon reception of a coin, means for retaining the coin in the chute adapted when moved into inoperative position to prevent a coin from passing from the upper portion of the chute into said circuit closing means, and means operated by the motor for closing the motor circuit and discharging the coin from the chute upon movement of the feed plate into operative position, said means acting to open the motor circuit and permitting return of the coin retaining and discharging means to operative position upon return of the plate to inoperative position. I

In testimony whereof I afi'ix my signatune.

ROBERT H. MORGAN- Jan. 23, 1923. 1,443,237.

M. NEWMAN.

RADIATOR. mro NOV-7,1921.

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